Running on about four hours of sleep, we'll see how today goes. In the meantime, here's another thought about the non-goal at the end of last night's game.

I have no problem with the "play is dead when the ref decides it is, not when he actually blows the whistle" rule. There is a human action required to blow play dead and that action takes a second. It feels like there should be a better way but right now there isn't so for the most part this rule works.

My issue is with when referee Brad Watson decided to blow play dead.

While the letter of the law is that the ref has to blow play dead when he loses sight of the puck, that's not what actually happens. There are hundreds of times throughout the game where a ref loses sight of the puck. He gets spun around trying to get out of the way of the play, a player steps in front of him, or something as simple as blinking. When that happens, the ref can reasonably assume the puck is still playable and that he'll quickly regain sight of it.

My problem with the non-goal is that the same reasonable assumption should have applied to it. Watson was out of position because the play happened fast. Not faulting him there. He knew he was out of position, as seen by how he raced to get back to his spot behind the net. Before he got there, while Jonas Hiller's body was blocking his view of the puck, Watson decided that he could no longer reasonably assume the puck was playable.

He gave Hiller the benefit of the doubt and a quick whistle. He consciously decided that it was unreasonable to assume that the puck was free. He guessed that Hiller had it covered.

Watson guessed wrong and it cost the Wings the tying goal. That's my issue with what happened.

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damn i was hopin to have at least one of them back this has made me more nervous after Sunday hopefully we actually PLAY 3 periods of regulation hockey cuz it seemed we took the 2nd off Sunday and have done that it seems numerous times this year

Datsyuk playing with a broken leg again? The series reminds me of '07 again. Ducks have virtually the same team if not better. Still think ducks have this series, wings just don't match up well against they're size and gritty style. They're players know how to beat the wings, Wings just fall into their traps. Ducks are smarter. Their top line is outperforming the wings top line. GET ON GETZLAF!

Datsyuk playing with a broken leg again? The series reminds me of '07 again. Ducks have virtually the same team if not better. Still think ducks have this series, wings just don't match up well against they're size and gritty style. They're players know how to beat the wings, Wings just fall into their traps. Ducks are smarter. Their top line is outperforming the wings top line. GET ON GETZLAF!

I'll probably have to pass on this one and the next one, even though I don't want to. It's virually impossible to do. I mean, 3:30 AM start. That's just too much.

Uh, yeah. I must be mental.

That's dedication. You get the Gilchrist award tonight.

Thanks. As long as I don't have to get anything injected in my groin.There's people on hfboards who are watching in central Europe (plus 1 hour). And they actually have to get up in the morning.Things seem to be going reasonably wuickly at he moment. Which is good.Golden opportunity for Samuelsson there. Hiller was beaten.

i'm at work and can only catch bit's and piece's great job by Zetterberg to get us on the board is Hossa gonna earn some of that fat cash he's gettin or what? but that's beside the point at least the end of the period was good carry that momentum and let's tie this sucker up!!!